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I am playing about a year. And i just finished todays piano lesson. well at the end of the lesson I played some blues. It was justt a normal bass with my left hand and some riffs with my right. Surprisingly it went good. I thought I was improved. But at home I was playing it on my piano en Suddenly it went all worng. I could not play with both hands at the same time. It is to the one from my teacher.

So what is the problem here? I can play good at my teachers piano but at home I totally suck.

Welcome to the forum, Cheung, and your English is much better than any foreign language I might try to attempt.

Your phenomenon IS very strange because most people have the exact opposite problem: we play better at home than we do in front of somebody else.

Not sure what the explanation is in your case. Maybe you hadn't gotten warmed up yet?

I do know that I have occasional episodes where nothing, absolutely NOTHING, goes right on the keyboard and I start flubbing up things I had down solid before. In such a case I just call it quits for a while, and usually when I go back it's much better.

So try it again today and see how it goes. I bet you'll have a better expreience.

Thanks for the reply. I think it's the quality of my piano. Actualy It's my piano. We have rented it in July for a year.Okay so now i'm going waaaay offtopic but this is even bigger problem, so sorry


So it is almost July. and I've almost got to say goodbye to my piano. The piano that I've learned all my basic blues stuff. Well here's the problam. We can't afford a new piano. All the good quality ones are +/- €3000! So that's waaaay to expencive. I've might be thinking to buy a digital piano for replacement. I don't know if this is a smart choice. If I think of digital piano's I always think of a cheap sound compared to the real pianos. What do you think?

If you're on a budget, Cheung, go with a digital, you'll be able to afford a much better digital than upright for that amount.

Only way you'll know is if you try them out.

Hi Cheung,

If you're choosing a digital, do exactly the same as you would if you were choosing an upright - play as many as you possibly can, and think about it for a while before you go back, play them again and make a final decision. Touch varies widely from one manufacturer to another. These days most digitals sound pretty good around middle C, but it's a good idea to run through some scales in the low bass and high treble and see how they sound there as well. I've been trying out digitals in music stores lately while my husband looks around for a new guitar, and I think you'll be able to find something you'll be happy with until you're able to afford an acoustic.

Good luck, and let us know when you get your new piano.

Donna

Hey, Cheung. Don't worry about anything. I had the same problem with using both hands atfirst. I can really only play 1 song with both hands. It's called "Roll Out The Barrel". It's cool, if you haven't heard it, you should. Good Luck with your playing!

P.S. "Cheung". The name sounds Korean but I don't know. Is it Korean???